Asskixor to himself axd



0. F, ALLEN. GAR BUMPER AND DRAWHBAD SPRING.

No. 35,196. Patented May 6, 1862,

a. Li J STATES PATENT OFFICE,

' CHESTER r. Minn, or PA\\"1 A\\", MIUHIGAX', ASSIHNOR (an. nEEnE .xxn n. 'FAXLQR,

'IO- HIMSELF AND IMPROVEMENT IN 'CARQBUMPER AND DRAW-HEADSPRENGS.

Specitivation forming part of Letters Patent No. 35.1-90.1lalml Mn ti, 1S6).

To all whom it ZIMZZ/ concern: 7

' Be it known that. .l, (.IHFISTEl-t l". A urn-N, of .lnw Paw, in the mmnt o'it' Van .lhnren and State of Michigan, have inventedn new and Improved RnilroadCa-r filumper and Draw- Hea-d Spring; and ldo herein (lee-lure that the I following is a full and exnr-t: description thereof, reference being had to the amiompnnying drawings, and to the letters of referenee marked thereon, forming a purlv of this my speeitieation, inwhich Figure" l is a longitudinal plan of In) in1- oved spring; Fig. 2, a longitudiinll seotion f th game; Fi 3, a plan View of the receiver or cylinder, within which are placed many pieces of inclia-ruhher and of any form;

and Fig. 4, a plan View of the piston or follower.

The nature of inyinvention consists in providing a receiver or ('yliinler," A, with.

springs of indie-rubber in many pit-09F, and of any form, or other elastic material, b,-and

a follower or piston, C, to work in said cylinder, as represented in the tll'Zl-Wlllgfl, and

which device, when usedns a h l'l1]l1)(3l'-f-p]'ll]g or a draw-head for locomotives, ears, or other Vehicles, may have an ordinary draft-rod pnss.- ing through the follower and reeeiver, as represented in the drawings, hut which, when used perpendicularly to sustain weight, can

he used with or without. 3 rod, eirmnnstn nces may require. i

To enable others skilled in the art in make and use my invention, I will prm-et-d to :de-

'seriheits Construction and operation.

l eonst rueti the r- \'liuder or revel \er A either of wrought; or east. lnei'nl and of n eupaeity $Llllltltlll? to receive therein the follower or piston as shpwn in the drm'vings. I eonstruetthe t'ollmver (u' piston of the same metahand tlw'tmtside of the followi..-r and the inside of the remeiver may he turnm'l and pol ished or left'in their rough state, I then fill the receiver with the whistlematerial used for the spring: This mnterhil (-o'nsistsnf man pieces of imlia-ruhlmr, I1, and oi. any form.

used horizontally as a bumper or drmv-head 7 spring, the ordinary attachmentof a draft rod, I), missing through thereceiver and follower, as shown in the drawings, may he applied thereto.

Having thus (leseribe l in imention whnt I ..Qlain1 as new, and desire to seeure by Let t't-rs dh tent of the A eardnnnper or draw-huml spring mn- United States. is

stri cted sulistantinlhv in tin.- nmnnvr and for the p, urposeset forth.

(llES'lEli l. ALLEN.

\l'itnesses:

AMosT. HALL, N. R. IIASKEL'L. 

